Meaning
zhìsīyìfénzhi4 si1 yi4 fen2
- lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom)
- fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
Words sharing a character
- 治疗 zhìliáo to treat (an illness)
- 政治 zhèngzhì politics
- 治安 zhìān law and order
- 统治 tǒngzhì to rule (a country)
- 治愈 zhìyù to cure; to restore to health
- 治理 zhìlǐ to govern
- 救治 jiùzhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
- 治病 zhìbìng to treat an illness
- 三明治 sānmíngzhì sandwich (loanword)
- 防治 fángzhì to prevent and cure